Agey v. American Liberty Pipe Line Company

This suit was filed by W. M. Agey, on his own behalf and on behalf of the State, against the American Liberty Pipe Line Company, to recover penalties described in Section 11 of Article 6049a, Revised Civil Statutes. He alleged that the American Liberty Pipe Line Company was a common purchaser of crude oil under Section 8 of said Article, and that said company discriminated against him by refusing to purchase oil produced by him in the East Texas Oil Field. The Attorney General refused to join him in this suit. The American Liberty Pipe Line Company filed a plea in abatement, on the ground…